Sporting Anecdotes Original And Selected Including Numerous Characteristic Portraits Of

by Pierce Egan

$250 · Offered by Johnnycake Books

First edition

Philadelphia: H. C. Carey and I. Lea, 1822. 1st US Edition. Hardcover. Presumed first American edition after the first edition London, 1820 . iv, 359. Frontispiece with 8 compartments of engravings showing: jumping, fishing, racing, shooting, archery, cockfighting, unidentifiable sport and boxing. Old, tree calf, half of black spine label chipped away, internals darkened throughout with obvious foxing. Solid binding. An

• Binding: Hardcover

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